Mr Morrison will bring plans before senior colleagues that would see boosts in assistance to Sri Lanka’s navy and air surveillance, with the aim of seeing every asylum vessel intercepted before it reaches Australian waters.

Every Sri Lankan asylum seeker to arrive under a Coalition government would be sent home, Mr Morrison said, and the Coalition has maintained a controversial policy of towing boats back to Indonesia.

CNN: Sri Lanka Tour

The Indian government has built 10,250 houses last year for internally displaced people in Sri Lanka's northern and eastern provinces. "Another 27,750 houses will be constructed.....! Indian Deputy High Commissioner in Jaffna transferred to Guyana....! Minister G.L.Peries to visit China...!